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| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb index 6785967208..95b50a2eec 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/layout.rb @@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ module ActionController #:nodoc: # a given action without a layout. Just use the method <tt>render_without_layout</tt>, which works just like Base.render -- # it just doesn't apply any layouts. # + # == Using a different layout in the action render call + # + # If most of your actions use the same layout, it makes perfect sense to define a controller-wide layout as described above. + # Some times you'll have exceptions, though, where one action wants to use a different layout than the rest of the controller. + # This is possible using <tt>render_with_layout</tt> method. It's just a bit more manual work as you'll have to supply fully + # qualified template and layout names as this example shows: + # + # class WeblogController < ActionController::Base + # def help + # render_with_layout "help/index", "200", "layouts/help" + # end + # end + # + # As you can see, you pass the template as the first parameter, the status code as the second ("200" is OK), and the layout + # as the third. + # # == Automatic layout assignment # # If there is a template in <tt>app/views/layouts/</tt> with the same name as the current controller then it will be automatically |